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Hybrid vehicle

  • US 8,220,573 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2008
  • Issued: 07/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising:

  • a rotating electrical machine for generating torque to drive a wheel;

    an internal combustion engine for performing at least one of driving of said wheel and supply of motive power to said rotating electrical machine;

    a fuel tank for storing fuel for said internal combustion engine;

    a circulation system for taking out said fuel from said fuel tank, and for returning to said fuel tank said fuel thus taken out; and

    a control device for controlling the hybrid vehicle such that when a state of the hybrid vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition, the hybrid vehicle travels as an electrical vehicle with said wheel driven by said rotating electrical machine while said internal combustion engine is stopped, and for driving said circulation system to circulate said fuel when said internal combustion engine has been stopped for at least a predetermined period.

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